Area Announcements

30 days . . . 30 poets . . . 30 poems

The Rensselaerville Library’s Fifth Annual Online Celebration of National Poetry Month showcases a new poem by a local or not-so-local poet each day for April’s 30 days.

Comedy & Humor-Writing Conference & Workshop

Whether you’re writing a humor column or novel, putting together a stand-up routine, scribbling a sitcom script or screenplay, crafting silly songs, drafting a storyboard, or writing a query letter, this conference can help.

Open Mic for Poetry & Prose

A light at the end of the tunnel? Come for your monthly shot of poetry on Zoom Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 7:30 pm.

Poetry Motel - Wendy Brown - October 2012, 2004

Announcing NYSWI’s “Rebuilding the Republic” Series

The New York State Writers Institute announced Thursday the “Rebuilding the Republic” series, a months-long array of events addressing many urgent issues we face today — including the threat of political insurrection, racist violence, economic inequity, and social strife — and the prospect of emerging a better nation from adversity. 

Writers Mic on Wednesday, February 10

So we have another impeachment to write about. Or maybe we can brush off an older poem. Or… Hey, we can write about anything we want!